About American Business Brokers

ABB specializes in the Buying and Selling of Convenience Stores &
Truck Stops. American Business Brokers (ABB) is a group of experienced
professionals and a blend of talent that actively works with our clients
to help them achieve their goals. ABB representatives have assisted in
transactions ranging from $50,000 to multi millions.

Collective Experience

Terry H. Monroe

Terry Monroe has been in the business
of establishing, successfully operating, and selling businesses for more than
25 years. At American Business Brokers, he serves as a consultant for business
buyers and sellers throughout the nation, while his knowledge and expertise in
multi-store operations and sales has led to several multi-million dollar transactions.
As an expert source in the c-store industry, he writes a routine “Financial
Insights” guest column for Convenience Store News and has been
featured in CSP, NPN, and NACS magazines. For nearly
a decade, his in-depth knowledge of enterprising, franchising, financing, and
acquisitions have generated over 400 successful transactions for ABB, most of
them in the convenience store industry.

As an owner of more than 30 different businesses
and 10 different franchises, Terry has a thorough understanding of business growth
and enterprise management. With ABB, Terry has created a unique organization
that is a leader in the c-store industry, offering broker and consulting services
to business buyers and sellers, while also developing brokers through a comprehensive
training program. Through ABB, Terry has developed a personal side to the business
transaction. The company offers services to clients regarding valuations, mergers
and acquisitions, business sales, and franchise opportunities with the focus
on finding a business that suits the lifestyle and cash flow needs of the buyer,
while managing the transaction for the seller.

Throughout his career, Terry has been a business
leader. He has served as president and chief operating officer for five organizations,
including New Sprit Inc., C&M Video Inc., Entertainment One Inc., TPM Inc.,
and American Business Brokers Inc. Terry’s business ventures range from
the discovery of more than 20 million barrels of oil in the St. James Oil Field,
to the founding and franchising of a national video store chain, to involvement
with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., as a video rental provider that included 750 employees
in 155 stores in 27 states and 2 countries.

Seeking adventure in the business world and
in his own life, Terry is an accomplished mountaineer, aircraft pilot, musician
and philanthropist. He has climbed to the summit of many of the world’s
most famous peaks, including Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Aconcagua in
Argentina, Mount Jaungfrau and Mount Brighthorn in Switzerland. His adventurous
spirit has led him on hikes through the Andes Mountains and the lost city of
Machu Pichu, to river rafting and exploration of rain forests in Costa Rica.
Always seeking community involvement, Terry has volunteered in fund raising efforts
for The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, Hope for Haiti, Naples
Community Hospital and Duke University cancer research. click
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Bill Cash

Comes to American Business Brokers with more than 22 years of retail
and management experience with such companies as Wal-Mart, Walgreens Drug
Stores and later as President of his own 32-store convenience store chain
in Central Illinois and Indiana. As president of his own company he faced
the daily challenged of merchandising, selection of vendors, pricing,
site selection, volatile gas prices and personnel issues. His experience
is invaluable to either an individual entering the business or to a present
day operator who faces these same daily challenges. He enjoys working
with people and helping them to find solutions to their problems in their
pursuit of buying or selling of a business.

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Jeff Highfill

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Brian Barkley

Brian Barkley comes to ABB with an extensive background in
management, sales, manufacturing, production and retail experience.

After graduating in 1980 from Creighton University School of
Business, Brian became President and co-owner of a successful
packaged food wholesaler in Central Illinois. He has continued to
live in the Peoria, Illinois area with his wife Rebecca and four
children. Brian’s hobbies include golf, jazz, and serving on various organizations
throughout the community.

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Dave DePaoli

Dave De Paoli graduated from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles
in 1993, and has practiced both business and real estate law. Mr. De Paoli received
a Bachelor of Science Degree in Entrepreneurship/Marketing, and a Minor in Economics
from California State University, Los Angeles in 1989. Mr. De Paoli has also
been a licensed real estate broker in California since 1999. As part owner of
several businesses himself, and with his background in business and real estate
law, he is highly qualified to represent sellers as well as buyers.

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Please contact us with any questions about
buying or selling a business.